I'm a junior in college this year, and I've linked my fishing check-in system.

"Clam?"

"It's a misunderstanding, a complete misunderstanding..."

Looking at the young woman's mysterious gaze, Jiang Qian's brain started racing. Oh no, I've run into some dog poop.

This is not twenty years ago!

Twenty years ago, when a photographer encountered this young woman, everyone thought it was a romantic encounter!

But if you encountered a young woman like that nowadays...

Jiang Qian was already thinking about how to defend himself.

Seeing Jiang Qian's constipated expression, the young woman assumed he was shy and used her signature move, "Not a candid shot?"

"Show me how well the photo turned out!"

Jiang Qian looked down and saw that his phone had just taken a few more pictures of Dai Zhenli...

The young woman looked at the blushing Jiang Qian and thought to herself, "This handsome young man is quite good-looking. He looks like a college student, Xiao Chunan. Oh my god, how did I manage to get my hands on such a virgin? My goodness, I used to feel guilty not to take care of someone like this, but now that he's offered himself up, don't blame me..."

"That means you're hiding something! Let your sister see your phone..." She leaned closer to Jiang Qian, starting from his shoulder and moving her hand up his collar, then pulled down the zipper and slowly reached for his phone.

Jiang Qian was startled. "Please...please have some self-respect!"

"I have a girlfriend!"

He looked at Dai Zhenli in the distance. She seemed to have just noticed the scene. She had been frowning a bit when she saw him being provoked, but when she saw Jiang Qian's cautious demeanor, she covered her mouth and couldn't help but laugh.

Jiang Qian was speechless. If you see it, come and help!

Are you happy to see me in such an embarrassing situation?

Dai Zhenli didn't know why, but she felt a sense of satisfaction looking at Jiang Qian's firm refusal.

The psychological thrill of this is similar to a guy finding a very attractive and popular girlfriend.

After they got together, when he saw his girlfriend being asked for her contact information, he firmly replied, "I have a boyfriend, please stay away from me."

Seemingly unable to bear seeing Jiang Qian like this any longer, Dai Zhenli quietly walked over: "Sister, sister."

"This is mine."

The young woman was stunned, then turned to look at Dai Zhenli, exclaiming in amazement, "You seem even more beautiful!"

"Let me smell you... You smell so good..."

Even with her vast experience of meeting people, she thought the girl in front of her was pretty, and compared to her, the boy standing next to her was quite pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Qian was initially pleased by Dai Zhenli's remarks, but he immediately lost his composure upon seeing this scene.

"Hey, hey, hey, could you tone it down a bit, sis...?"

The young woman turned around, looked at the flushed Jiang Qian, and said with a grin, "You seem to cherish such a good girlfriend."

"Fine, fine, that makes me look like the bad guy. I'm getting out of here."

Dai Zhenli's peach blossom eyes fell on Jiang Qian with a smile, and after examining his face, she said with a smile, "I didn't know that."

"You also have the potential to attract attention?"

Jiang Qian was pleased to see Dai Zhenli's expression, but he thought to himself, "If I really don't refuse, someone else will get angry."

Ghost ideas are being generated...

"She thinks I'm super easy to talk to, right?" Jiang Qian successfully came up with a mischievous idea. "How about using this to test the college students?"

"Which college student couldn't withstand such a test?"

Jiang Qian asked himself honestly, if it weren't for Dai Zhenli, he really wouldn't have been able to withstand such a test...

Dai Zhenli zipped his jacket back up, "That is, since I'm here."

"If you weren't with me, you'd probably be in a hotel by now... But you probably don't need those contact numbers on the ship anymore..."

Jiang Qian's face turned genuinely red to his ears, but that didn't stop him from finally managing to string together a line of dialogue:

"But don't I already have you?"

"Get lost... What do you mean 'I'm here'? When did you ever have me in your life? You're the junior who has a crush on me, and I'm just the senior who reluctantly agreed to hang out with you, okay?" Dai Zhenli's face turned even redder, and she turned to leave. "You're just trying to brush me off! You want to go beachcombing, right?"

"Let's have a competition. Whoever catches the most before dark, how about that?"

"If you win, I'll give you a reward."

After saying that, she walked away quickly without looking back.

At this point, Jiang Qian didn't want to bother with any plans, rules, or anything like that anymore. Screw them.

He had been gazing longingly at this reed bed for a long time.

While it's unlikely you'll find a large quantity of goods in a place like this, the sheer volume is undeniable!

Jiang Qian was already incredibly hungry and thirsty from this dense reed bed!

I'm fucking eating!

System, start up!

If we don't go all out now, we'll never have the chance to go all out again.

A "ding" sounded in my ear, signaling the start of all systems!

Jiang Qian walked into the reeds.

There are already quite a few people searching for things in the reed marshes. Ultimately, beachcombing is a very enjoyable activity. When you come out to have fun, even if you're not doing it to make money, the rewards you get from your own labor are truly a delightful thing.

Beside him, Jiang Qian vaguely overheard the young woman's conversation: "Oh dear, didn't get her! Don't say anything, her girlfriend is beautiful."

"Yeah, he's still a virgin. Such an innocent young man, never mind."

"He looks so delicate and has the nerve to compete with a young girl in beachcombing. That little girl clearly works hard all the time. He's just asking for trouble!"

Jiang Qian listened to the young woman and her girlfriends' gossip and muttered curses:

That old woman talks too much!

"Dad will go catch some razor clams for you! Dad caught razor clams here when your mom and I first got together."

"Dad, I want to go too!"

"No... It's not safe in the reeds. Stay where you are! Go back, go back, or your mother will beat you when she gets back."

"And what about Mom?"

"Your mom went to take photos..."

"My mom and dad don't want me anymore... Waaaaah..."

"..."

Another couple who forgot about their child...

Listening to the passersby chatting, Jiang Qian also lowered his head and began his work, his gaze falling on the roots of a patch of reeds at his feet that had been soaked by seawater.

There were several fine scratches on the mud surface, as if something had dragged itself across them.

He crouched down a little lower and looked along the scratches. At the intersection of the roots of a clump of reeds, there was a hole about the size of a fist.

The mud around the edge of the hole was wet and had been pressed smooth.

"Got it."

Jiang Qian didn't rush to start. He first found a reed stalk about the thickness of a chopstick, removed the leaves, and broke it into pieces about thirty centimeters long.

Then he slowly inserted the reed stalk into the hole and gently stirred it a couple of times.

This technique couldn't possibly have been taught by the system; the system only teaches its rigid, formulaic knowledge...

I learned this trick from watching TikTok videos online.

A soft rustling sound came from inside the cave.

There's something in there.

Jiang Qian pulled out the reed stalk, and a small piece of grayish-green fragment stuck to the end of the stalk, like a thin membrane shed from a crab shell.

He understood.

Having fought crabs so many times, he can now recall their habits without even needing to open the encyclopedia.